consent

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English

Etymology

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: con‧sent

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Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)

1. To express willingness, to give permission.

   After reflecting a little bit, I've consented.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     My poverty, but not my will, consents.

2. (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
   • 2002, T Usmani; KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, D …, “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to …”, in Journal of Orthodontics:

     When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant

3. (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.

4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Acts viii. 1

     And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Fuller

     Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

Antonyms

• (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose

Related terms

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *sent-‎ (1 c, 0 e)

► English terms derived from the PIE root *sent- (feel)‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Translations

to express willingness

• Bulgarian: съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se), съгласен съм (sǎglasen sǎm)
• Catalan: consentir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 承諾 (zh), 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì)

• Czech: souhlasit (cs)
• Dutch: toestemmen (nl) (in), instemmen (nl) (met)
• Esperanto: konsenti (eo)
• Finnish: hyväksyä (fi), suostua (fi), myöntyä (fi)
• French: consentir (fr), approuver (fr), agréer (fr)
• Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba)
• German: zustimmen (de), einwilligen (de)
• Greek: συναινώ (el) (synainó)
• Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu), hozzájárul (hu), hozzájárulását adja
• Icelandic: samþykkja, fallast á
• Indonesian: setuju (id), rela (id)
• Interlingua: consentir

• Irish: toiligh
• Italian: consentire (it)
• Japanese: 承諾する (ja) (しょうだくする, shōdaku suru), 同意する (ja) (どういする, dōi suru)
• Korean: 승낙하다, 동의하다 (seungnakhada, dong-uihada)
• Latin: consentiō
• Maori: whakaae, tatū
• Occitan: consentir, assentir (oc)
• Polish: zgadzać się (pl), przyzwalać
• Portuguese: consentir (pt), aprovar (pt), deixar (pt)
• Quechua: awñiy
• Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) impf (soglašátʹsja), согласи́ться (ru) pf (soglasítʹsja) (agree), разреша́ть (ru) impf (razrešátʹ), разреши́ть (ru) pf (razrešítʹ) (permit)
• Serbo-Croatian: suglasnost (sh) f
• Spanish: consentir (es)
• Swedish: samtycka (sv), ge sitt samtycke
• Yiddish: באַשטיין‎ (bashteyn)

to cause to sign a consent

• Finnish: hankkia suostumus

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להסכים‎ (le'haskym)

Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
   • 1604-11, Bible (King James Version), Luke: XIV:18

     And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

3. (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

Synonyms

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

Antonyms

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

Derived terms

• consenter
• consentaneous
• age of consent

Translations

voluntary agreement

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) n (sǎglasie), разрешение (bg) n (razrešenie)
• Catalan: consentiment m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 承諾 (zh), 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì)

• Czech: souhlas (cs) m
• Dutch: toestemming (nl) f, instemming (nl) f
• Esperanto: konsento
• Finnish: suostumus (fi)
• French: consentement (fr) m, approbation (fr) f, agrément (fr)
• German: Zustimmung (de) f, Konsens (de) m
• Greek: συναίνεση (el) f (synaínesi)
• Hebrew: הסכמה‎ f (haskama)
• Hungarian: beleegyezés (hu)
• Icelandic: samþykki n
• Indonesian: persetujuan (id)
• Interlingua: consentimento

• Irish: deoin f
• Italian: consenso (it) m
• Japanese: 承諾 (ja) (しょうだく, shōdaku), 同意 (ja) (どうい, dōi)
• Khmer: ការយល់ព្រម (kaa yʊəl prɔɔm)
• Korean: 승낙, 동의 (seungnak, dong-ui)
• Macedonian: согласност f (soglasnost)
• Maori: kupu whakaae
• Occitan: consentiment m
• Persian: رضایت‎ (fa) (rezâyat)
• Polish: zgoda (pl) f, pozwolenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: consentimento (pt) m
• Russian: разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije) (permission), дозволе́ние (ru) n (dozvolénije) (permission), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije) (agreement)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonta m
• Spanish: consentimiento (es) m, venia
• Swedish: samtycke (sv) n
• Tamil: சம்மதம் (ta) (cammatam)

Further reading

• consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nocents

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɑ̃/

Verb

consent

1. third-person singular present indicative of consentir